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Date of Birth
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21-May-1904
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Place of Birth
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Harlem
(New York City, Manhattan, United States of America, New York, New York metropolitan area)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Waller Fats, Thomas Wright Waller, Thomas 'Fats' Walter, Thomas "Fats" Waller, Waller, Fats, J. Lawrence Cook, Thomas Wright "Fats, Waller
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Profession
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Composer, Musician, Comedian, Singer, Organist, Jazz Pianist
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Thomas Wright "Fats" Waller was an influential jazz pianist, organist, composer, singer, and comedic entertainer, whose innovations to the Harlem stride style laid the groundwork for modern jazz piano, and whose best-known compositions, "Ain't Misbehavin'" and "Honeysuckle Rose", were inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame posthumously, in 1984 and 1999.
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